CHAPTER 2: "HAVE YOU EVER LOVED SOMEBODY?"

Eriel looked at him a bit strange, said nothing, but some how she liked his hand holding hers, Megatron couldn't do anything but stare at her, fascinated with her beauty, they looked at each other for a long time, smiling and their cheeks were red.

-"Nice to meet you little angel I'm…"- Megatron felt a punch on his back, Skywarp shook his head, Megatron swallowed hard, and looked to the stage where the lights still on:-"I'm Lightspeed, what's your name?"- Eriel didn't have any idea of who he was, neither his 2 companions, Skywarp was wearing a yellow seeker armor, Thundercracker a green one, and Megatron have just changed his breastplate for a black one, they didn't have any symbol of alliance and it meant they were civil robots:

"-Nice to meet you Lightspeed, my name is Eriel, Eriel Prime!"- She said trying to smile at him. Megatron shook his head-"Prime?"- He thought, and million of things crossed his mind, but he didn't care about them:-"Eriel, even your name sounds as if you were a real angel"- her cheeks turned red again:-"Thank you!"- She shyly answered.

Skywarp and Thundercracker shook their heads in disbelief, and then Jazz walked to them:-"Eriel! Honey is time to go back to the base, there's somebody waiting fer' ya'"- Jazz told her:-"Okay Nanny, I'll be there in a moment"- she smiled:-"Can you let my hand go?"- she asked him, Megatron's cheeks turned red:-"I'm sorry, I just wanted…"-he looked at her once more:-"No problem Light speed, it was a pleasure to meet such a sympathy mech"- she told him. –"Eriel the pleasure was mine…err can we meet again, maybe tomorrow?"- He asked her taking her hand again, she giggled:-"Do you want me to go out with you?"- She asked.

He half nodded, she looked at him, and her spark was beating at 1000/h:-"Okay, what about tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. in the central park of Iacon?"- She nervously asked.
Megatron smiled as a fool:-"It's perfect for me; I'll be waiting for you in there!"-He said, they smiled to each other, suddenly she felt a hand around her waist:-"Darling we've got to go"- It was Ratchet's hand, she turned to him:-"Let's go Rache"- she answered.

Ratchet fixed his optics on Megatron, something about him disturbed him:-'I've seen that red optics before'- Ratchet thought, but he didn't mention anything, besides he was a bit jealous, he had never seen before Eriel as happy as she was when he took her hand. They slowly disappeared from Megatron's sight.

-"Ducky, why we have to go back to the base now? I mean it's the same if I' stay here"- she asked to the doctor. –"Because a flower like you must not be out by this time"- he answered pulling her close to his chest, she giggled:-"Okay, my sweet care bear"- Ratchet smiled:-"Am I all the animals in the zoo?"- He joked. She playfully hit him:-"Just for me, 'cuz you're as or more lovely than they are"- she said resting her head on Ratchet's chest.

Jazz whom was behind them, walked back where Megatron was:-"Hey young bot, why don't you and your buddies come with us to the base? We organized a surprise party for Eriel, and I bet she would be happy to see you guys there"-
Megatron turned to Jazz:-"it would be a pleasure for us, thanks for the invitation. We will be there!"- He nervously answered.
"-Okay, I'll see ya' guys later then!"- Jazz told them, waving a goodbye and walking away.

-"Are you insane Megatron?"- Thundercracker yelled at him.
-"No, I'm not; I just think that I'm in love"-he said taking Skywarp's hands -"nothing is gonna stand in my way, I know she's the one for me!"- He said without losing his style, his optics were shining:-"Definitely, you are insane, how you dare to say that you are in love with an autobot?"- Thundercracker madly asked.

-"Do you know what your father will do if somebody informs him about this?"-Skywarp asked him, Megatron shook his head:-"I confide in you two, so I know you won't inform my father, true?"-he said smiling at them, tenderly, that smile had caused so many problems to them before, even caused problems to Soundwave but they couldn't deny anything to him, they saw him grew up and become in the bot he was now.

Both of them nodded:-"But only this time, this could cost us our lives!"-Skywarp told him.
"-Don't worry my dear seekers, I will be very careful with this, now if you excuse me, the fembot of my optics is waiting for me"- he ran out of the theater.

-"Sky, this may cause too much problems to both forces: Decepticons & Autobots, I know how hard is being in love with an autobot. I don't want him to suffer!"- Thundercracker told to his big brother.

"I know that Thundy, you know what's the worst thing?"-Thundercracker stared at his brother:-"What?"- He curiously asked.

Thundercracker knit his eyebrows; Skywarp half smiled:-"She liked him as well, you could see it in her blue beautiful optics, maybe they were meant to be, or they have to prove us something!"- Skywarp told him.
Thundercracker laughed:-"You've been reading too much drama lately!"-Thundercracker joked.
"-Maybe you're right!"- Skywarp chuckled. Then the 2 seekers flew in Megatron's direction.

** Back in the Autobots base**

Eriel put her little foot into the base's main room, still with her pumps, and a rain of streamers and balloons fell on her head, she couldn't open her blue optics, just heard a –"SURPRISE!!"-
When she could open her optics, she saw all her friends there with soft drinks on their hands, she smiled:-"Thank you guys, I really appreciate this!"- Ratchet and Jazz hugged her: -"You deserve this and more!"- They walked her to a big table where her parents were waiting for her:-"My optics couldn't wait 'till tomorrow to see you , so I came earlier"- her father told her, and then he opened his arms to her.

Eriel's optics started to produce tears but a big smile adorned her face, she ran to his father's arms:-"Daddy! Mommy! I'm so glad to have you here with me!"- She was sobbing in her father's arms when she felt two hands more on her helmet:-"You still being a cry baby!"- She slowly turned her head to meet her brother and her cousin:-"Yeah! Jr. is right, you haven't changed!"- They hugged her and started to cry along with her and so the rest of the guests did it, they loved Eriel so much.
Ultra Magnus Jr. and Optimus Prime Jr. Trained together in Vector planet, they were 4 years older than Eriel and Hound, their destiny was becoming in sub commander and commander respectively.

«Ultra Magnus is a tall robot with yellow optics, white and blue colored. Born in august 29th, his car model is a trailer, just like his father, he is Optimus' best friend, he constantly fights with Hound Jr. for Eriel's attention, but she didn't even notice them. Primus gave him a powerful laser gun called Thunderblaster, it froze and burns his enemies according to his orders, and it takes the form of a little robot just like Roller. «

²Optimus Prime Jr. is a red and blue colored trailer, born in March 9th. Since he was a kid, his parents sent him to Vector to train, they wanted him to become in the greatest warrior of Cybertron. The civil Cybertronians called him Ginrai, due his legendary sword: Blackorion and his shield: Skyboom.
Jr. is in love with a fembot older than he, she is Ratchet's assistant: Liker running.²
The party continued and Eriel was happy talking with her family and friends, surrounded by kisses and hugs, she was really happy. Suddenly a familiar bot came into the base: It was Megatron with Thundercracker and Skywarp.

He walked to her and whispered on her ear:-"I couldn't wait 'till tomorrow to see you"- she recognized the voice, and her cheeks immediately turned red:-"Lightspeed!"- She said.
-"Jazz invited me to your party, so I came to see my little angel!"- He said kissing her hand.

-"That is nice of you, come here I want you to meet my brother!"- She took his hand and walked him where Jr. was. He was talking with Ratchet:-"Jr. I want you to meet Lightspeed!"- She said smiling:-"Oh, nice to meet you Lightspeed, my sister told me that you were the cutest 'bot she had ever seen!"- He joked, giving his hand to Megatron.

Eriel's cheeks turned red, and Ratchet coughed:-"To me she's the cutest fembot ever, I just lost the floor for her optics"- he said turning his head to see her reaction, she just smiled. He talked with Jr. for awhile, while she was having a nice chat with Ratchet:-"Eriel, please be careful with this 'bot, Lightspeed, he has something that I don't really like!"-

-"Don't worry ducky, he's a cool 'bot, and I feel that I know him from before!"-she said fixing her blue optics on him. Megatron noticed that she was looking at him and he smiled at her tenderly so her cheeks turned red again:-"Eriel just be careful 'because I don't know what would happen to me, if something wrong happens to you!"- He told her pulling her close to him:-"I luv you Rache!"- She said feeling her spark beating fast, he took her little face:-"I love you too!"- He tenderly whispered on her ear, he was slowly getting closer to her lips…

In that moment Optimus took his arm:-"Hey Ratchet, can you take me to where she is?"- The young autobot asked; Ratchet nodded:-"Of course!"- The doctor answered, before he walked away with Optimus, he looked one more time to Eriel's direction and then he smiled and winked the optic, she smiled back.

For a moment Eriel felt a big confusion on her spark, she needed some fresh air, so she walked out of the base.
Megatron who was talking with Ultra Magnus Jr. decided to go after her and see if everything was okay with her, when he reached the door, he saw her staring at the dark sky, only illuminated by the stars' light:

"What's up Eri? Are you okay?"- Megatron sat down by her side: -"I'm okay Lightspeed; I just needed some fresh air!"- She answered without looking at him.
-"The stars are beautiful, don't you think?"- Megatron asked getting closer to her and taking her hand:-"Yes, they are, I love to watch them, they seem to be the only light which lit up this trashy planet!"- She said staring at him this time.

-"I don't think they're the only light which lit up this planet, at least not for me!"- He said winking the optic;
-"Do you have something important in this planet, I mean, something to fight for?"-she naively asked.

-"Now I have it, and it is right next to me!"- He tenderly answered, fixing his red soulful optics on her, Eriel's cheeks turned red one more time, that tone on his voice made her believe that all he was saying was true, but in someway Ratchet was right, she had met him a few hours ago, and her spark was saying that he was the only one for her, her spark was dominating her mind, she was scared about that.

Was it love what she was feeling in that moment? Or was it just a strong attraction?
She was decided to figure it out, that odd feeling which made her think that they knew each other from before didn't let her in peace.

-"You're such a liar!"- She giggled.

He chuckled:-"I'm not lying! Do you know that trust, hate and obstinacy create love?"- He asked smiling. She shook her head:-"You don't have remedy right?"- She said resting her head on his shoulder, Megatron chuckled:-"I guess I don't"- he said embracing her: they stayed there watching the stars as two lovers who want to be alone.

Elita was staring at them from the inside; Jazz and Ironhide were with her:-"Who's that bot Ironhide?"- She curiously asked:-"Ah thin' his name is Lightspeed; she has just met'im on tha' theater!"- Ironhide answered.
Elita spied her daughter for a while more, she saw her laugh as she had never ever seen her, she saw her optics shine as they had never shine before, it lead Elita to the conclusion that her daughter was in love, what surprised her the most was that Eriel had just met Lightspeed and they were acting as bots who had been dating for eons.

Elita not only watched closely her daughter but also watched Megatron, the light on his optics just tell Elita that he was completely in love with Eriel, the way he caressed her hand and face, was just tenderly, the way he stared at her made Elita shudder.
-"You know Jazz; I think my daughter has grown a lot, and we didn't even notice it!"-
Jazz who was by Elita's side laughed:-"Meow! Yes! She has grown a lot, but all my life thought that she was in love with someone else!"- He told to Elita.
-"So do I, anyway I'm glad to see her as happy as she is now!"- She said turning her back and walking away along with Jazz and Ironhide.

A while after Megatron saw Thundercracker and Skywarp waving their hands from the inside, then he stood up:-"I got to go my angel, and you must sleep, tomorrow we have a date don't you forget it"- he told Eriel getting closer, and closer but she stopped him:-" Lightspeed! Don't you think we are going too fast?"- She asked him shaking:

-"It may sounds stupid for you, but I feel that I know you from before, and that all my life I've been waiting for you!"- He said fixing his optics on hers
-"It may sound stupid for you as well, but I feel in the same way about you!"- She said closing her optics and trying to reach Megatron's lips, he closed his optics, and do the same thing 'till their lips touched, it was a magic moment and they didn't want it to end.

Thundercracker and Skywarp were mouth opened when they saw Megatron kissing Eriel:
-"What the heck is happening here?"-Thundercracker could barely say.

-"I'll give you two options…"- Skywarp said jokingly

-"Don't even think about it!"- Thundercracker said angrily.

Skywarp chuckled:-"I warned you, this is how the things will be from now on!"- Thundercracker shook his head:-"This is how the things will be, 'till his father rip out our sparks and use our bodies to feed the Sharkticons!"- Thundercracker was so pissed off that Skywarp could only joke with him:-"Oh my dear brother that's why girls always prefer me!"-

A moment after, Megatron finally let her go: - "I'll see you tomorrow my shining star!"-Megatron told her:-"Sweet dreams!"- He whispered.

-"Good night Lightspeed"- she waved a goodbye and then she rested her entire body on the bench in which a while before they had been watching the stars. –"I think I'm in love"- she told to herself, then she walked into the base again, she walked quickly, looking for her best friend, but she couldn't find him, instead of that, Ratchet took her by the waist:-"Where you've been? I missed you so much!"- The handsome doctor told her.

-"I was with Lightspeed!"- She whispered,
Ratchet shook his head in disbelief:

-"Didn't I tell you how jealous I am?"- He said kissing her. She smiled, then Ratchet guided her to the dance floor, she felt something weird, Ratchet was the bot she wanted, then why she was just nuts about Lightspeed? They were talking as they danced. Suddenly she saw her brother kissing someone, she was Liker Running, and she smiled:-"Do you think they were meant to be?"- She asked Ratchet.

He chuckled:-"Well this is something that only Primus knows!"- He answered winking the optic, Eriel just loved to see him with that smile on his face, she had a special love for him, and so did he.

~Liker running is a white and yellow aid car, blue optics, born in September 27th, she is a kinder garden teacher and also a nurse, and she is Ratchet's assistant, a gentle and tender fembot who stole Optimus Jr's spark, he is younger than her, but she is in someway in love with him too, she had had a romance with Preceptor. ~

Meanwhile Megatron was flying to his base:-"Aw! Skywarp did you see how pretty she looked?"- He asked giving spins on the air.

-"Yes, we can't deny she's a pretty fembot!"- Skywarp said smiling.

Thundercracker shook his head:-"Can you tell me what are you gonna do when we arrive to the base? Your father must be like a demon!"- Thundercracker protested.

Megatron smiled and spin again:-"Don't worry Tc; something will come up to my mind!"-

-"And what are you going to do tomorrow, or what are you gonna do when she discovers that you are a Decepticon called Megatron, not a civil called Lightspeed?!"- Thundercracker asked him sarcastically. –"That is a real problem!"- Megatron said. –"By the way Tc, if you failed in your relation ship with that autobot fembot you talk about all the time, well, that doesn't mean that I should fail too!"- Megatron said winking the optic to Skywarp.

Skywarp laughed:-"He told it for himself huh?"- Skywarp joked.

-"I won't say anything!"- Thundercracker madly answered.

They continued their way to the base…Skywarp and Megatron joked the rest of the trip while Thundercracker say nothing, just shook his head every time he heard a stupid comment coming out from Skywarp's and Megatron's mouths.

Then they could see the top of the decepticon base; they slowly reached the floor:

-"So, we finally are here, what are we gonna do?"- Thundercracker asked; still mad at them.
-"Well Tc, we will just say that our mission failed! Just 'tell the truth!"- Skywarp joked.
-"Yeah! Please TC, I mean, for the love you have for me?" Megs smiled showing his tooth;

TC shook his head: -"If it wasn't a lot, I would kill you right now!"- TC palmed him on his back, Megs just smiled.

They slowly entered to the base, they tried to fake that their sparks were all in pieces because of their failure…-"For Unicron, this can't be possible"- Skywarp said when they realized that Galvatron was looking at them.

-"What happened in that performance?"- Galvatron madly asked.

-"Well daddy, you wouldn't believe this; she was all the time custody by her dad's soldiers!"- Megatron said evading his optics. Galvatron knew deep inside his dark spark that his son was hiding something, what it was? He wasn't in a good mood to figure it out:

-"So what are you planning to do?"- Galvatron asked placing his hand on his waist.

Megatron shook his head and looked back for Skywarp's or Thundercracker's suggestions, Skywarp shook his head.

Thundercracker smiled to himself:-"Well tomorrow she will go by herself to the central part of Iacon; we can surprise her in there!"- He suggested to his leader.

Galvatron chuckled:-"So, you had the chance to talk with'er huh?"- He asked to his son.

Megatron's optics shone as two beautiful stars:-"Yeah, you wouldn't believe how nice she is!"- He answered smiling.

That look on his optics made Galvatron suspect of his son, but not at all, 'it's normal he thought':

-"Okay Megs you are going to bring her here tomorrow, I want her alive! Then I can give her the treatment she deserves"- he said turning his back to them. Megatron shook his head in disbelief, he didn't want to hurt her, he hadn't thought about it before. He gave a hard look to Thundercracker..

In that moment Elektra and Soundwave walked in, they noticed the sadness on Megatron's optics. She ran to his brother and took his arm:

-"Are you okay Megs?"- Her blue optics fixed on him making him feel a strange kind of peace and relief, he slowly shook his head:

-"Dad is too blind to see that violence only generates more violence."- He sadly said. Elektra softly smiled and kissed her brother..

He felt Soundwave's arms around him.-"We know that! But as future commander you can only follow his orders! - Soundwave knew him better than anyone, he knew how hard was the war for him, how he hated it since his mother's death.

-"Megs, why are you so upset with your father?"- Soundwave asked him palming his back.

-"Well, you know Soundwave, he is ordering me to kill somebody, and I don't want to do it"- he answered fixing his optics on Soundwave.

-"It isn't the first time he asked you this, is it?"- He softly asked. Megatron shook his head and turned his back to them:.

-"No, but this time it's different, I just can't do it! Have you ever loved somebody Soundwave?"- He turned back to them and smiled tenderly:-"He wants me to kill the most beautiful fembot I've ever met in my whole life"- he answered, Soundwave and Elektra were stoned, they looked at each other and shook their heads, a little grin came from Thundercracker's mouth:-"You will be very surprised to hear who she is!"- He said walking to them; Skywarp shook his head:-"Tc told Galvatron about her, and that your brother will have a date with her tomorrow!"- He turned his back to them:-"Don't worry; we will be with him tomorrow trying to protect them! I will not let that something wrong happens to him and his 'lady love''- he pointed out, and then he walked away. Once more Thundercracker shook his head:-"Your brother will die soon Elektra; it's the only thing I will let you know!"- He said givin' a hard look to Megatron, he sadly looked down and then he felt that Soundwave was behind him again:-"Is this for Optimus Prime's daughter?"- He softly whispered on his receptor..

Megsy nodded and opened his arms to Soundwave:-"Soundwave she's so innocent, so naive, so pure…why I must do that?"- He asked to his second father letting a tear cross his silver face, Elektra heard him, she couldn't help but cry:-"Are you in love with her?"- She asked to his brother hugging him, he just nodded, they stood there for a long time, not a single word came out from their mouths…then they heard footsteps:.

-"Aww! That is such a tender scene, don't you think Leana?"- Bluestar asked to his twin sister, Leana chuckled:-"Yes, the peace makers are crying!"-
Megatron turned to them:-"Could you please shut up!?"- He asked them..

Bluestar walked to him and pinch his cheek:-"Don't be a crybaby lil' brother!"- Then they laughed together and walked away, leaving them alone again:
-"Megs, I don't want anything bad happens to you, you shouldn't let dad, and the twins know anything about your crush on Eriel Prime, Please be careful! Dad can kill you!"- She begged to his older brother. Soundwave hugged both of them:.

-"Before that, I will kill your father with my own hands!"- He said kissing Megatron's helmet. Elektra smiled:-"Now tell me more about the fembot who stole your spark!"- Elektra demanded.

Megs just nodded:-"He will do it, but in your room princess, I will make some milkshake for you!"- They smiled at Soundwave and walked to Elektra's room, Megs hugged her and she kissed his arm…Soundwave watch them go in to that big room and then he walked to the kitchen..

*Autobot Iacon's base*.

Eriel was confused, she turned on her room's light, and found Hound sleeping on her bed, she softly kissed him on his ear, and he giggled, and suddenly woke up:
-"How was your party?"- He asked her.
She faintly smiled:-"It was good, but why didn't you come?"- She madly asked him.
-"Well I didn't want to fight with your cousin; you know how annoying he is to me!"- He said kissing her hand..

-"You know what? Today I met the most wonderful 'bot! His name is Lightspeed!"- she told him resting her head on Hound's chest.
Hound felt that his world was slowly collapsing, his most dark and secret fears had turned into reality, she was attracted by someone else and not for him, why? He wondered..

-"Is he handsome?"- He jealously asked. Her cheeks immediately turned red:-"You don't know how much, he has the most beautiful soulful optics I have ever seen!"- She said looking back to Hound:-"And tomorrow we have a date!"- She said hugging her old friend. Hound was sad and angry at the same time, he didn't want to loose her, he loved her so much, he thought that this was the best moment to confess her that he loved her as a fembot and not only as a friend or sister..

-"Eri I want to tell you something..!"- He said looking down, and then he realized that she was already sleeping peacefully, he smiled to himself and then he turned the light off:-"Sweet dreams my angel baby!"- He softly kissed her forehead, and spent most of the night thinking how he must tell her about his feelings….